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CARYOPHYLLE.E. III. DIANTHCS. 



heads, supported at the base by leafy bracteas ; calycine scales 

 ovate, acuminated, pressed to the calyx, much shorter than the 

 tube ; leaves linear, very long, connate at the base a long way ; 

 stem round. If. H. Native on the shores of Bulgaria on 

 rocks by the sea-side. Sweet, fl. gard. 208. Flowers of a rusty 

 purple colour. 



Giant Pink. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1828. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



25 D. FERRUGI'NEUS (Lin. mant. 563.) flowers aggregate ; 

 involucres and calycine scales scarious, brown, oblong, awned, 

 both a little shorter than the calyx ; leaves linear, connate at 

 the base. I/ . H. Native in the Pyrenees about Narbonne. 

 Barrl. icon. t. 497. Mill. diet. icon. 1. 1. 81. f. 1. Perhaps a 

 variety of Z). Carthusianorum. Petals bifid ; segments 3-tooth- 

 ed, rufous on the under surface and yellow on the upper surface. 



Ferrugineous-peta]\ed Pink. Fl.Jul. Sept. Clt. 1756. PI. 1 ft. 



26 D. CARTHUSIANORUM (Lin. spec. 586.) flowers aggregate, 

 capitate, stalked ; calycine scales 4, ovate, awned, shorter than the 

 tube ; involucre oblong, awned, shorter than the head of flowers ; 

 petals crenate, bearded ; leaves linear, 3-nerved. If. . H. Na- 

 tive in uncultivated and sterile places almost throughout the 

 whole of South Europe. Lois. prus. 37. f. 7. Smith, fl. graec. 

 t. 392. Flowers red. 



Carthusians' Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1573. PL 1 foot. 



27 D. ATRORU'BENS (All. ped. no. 1548. Jacq. icon. rar. 3. 

 t. 467.) flowers sessile in aggregate heads ; calycine scales 

 ovate, awned, shorter than the tube ; involucre ovate, awned, 

 shorter than the head of flowers ; petals bearded ? leaves linear, 

 3-nerved. 1J. . H. Native of Vallais and Austria. Flower 

 small, dark red. 



Var. ft, minus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) almost stemless ; 

 flowers aggregate. Native of St. Gothard. 



Var. y, anisopodus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) flowers aggregate, 

 stalked and sessile. D. atrorubens, var. prolifer, Schleich. pi. 

 helv. Native of Vallais, also about Paris. Flowers dark red. 



Dark-red-nowered Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1802. PL 1 ft. 



28 D. RUTHE'NICUS (Rcem. in Poir. suppl. 4. p. 131.) flowers 

 solitary or aggregate ; calycine scales involucrate, lanceolate, 

 acute, shorter than the tube ; leaves linear, acute. ^ . H. 

 Native of Russia. D. patens, Horn. ? Flowers purplish. 



Russian Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



29 D. A'SPER (Willd. enum. p. 466.) flowers aggregate, in 

 bundles ; calycine scales ovate-lanceolate, pointed, shorter than 

 tube ; petals bearded, acutely toothed ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 3-5-nerved, serrulated, and are scabrous as well as stem. If. . H. 

 Flowers red, pale beneath. 



Var, a, angustifolius (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 357.) 

 few-flowered ; leaves linear, acute. Native of Vallais. D. 

 scaber, Schleich. ex Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 259. D. serratus ft, 

 D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 601. 



Var. ft, collinus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) many-flowered ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate. Native in Hungary. D. collinus, 

 Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 36. t. 38. Sal. par. lond. t. 62. 

 D. umbellatus, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 104. 



Var. y, serratus (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) stems 1-3-flowered ; 

 flowers larger than the preceding varieties ; leaves linear. Na- 

 tive of the Eastern Pyrenees. D. serratus, Lapeyr. abr. 241. 

 and D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 601. var. a. 



Rough Pink. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. a 1817, ft 1800. y 1817. 

 PL f foot. 



* Shrubby. Flowers aggregate. 



30 D. ARBOREHS (Lin. spec. 590.) stem shrubby; flowers 

 aggregate ; claws of petals very long ; calycine scales numerous, 

 mucronulate, closely imbricated, very short; leaves linear- 

 glaucous. 1? . G. Native of Crete on rocks by the sea-side. 

 Lodd. hot. cab. t. 459. Smith, fl. graec. t. 406. Flowers large, 



pink, palest beneath. Petals pilose at the base, and with 3 deeper 

 coloured lines. 



Tree Pink. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



31 D. ARBU'SCULUS (Lind). hot. reg. t. 1086.) flowers panicled, 

 aggregate, solitary ; leaves lanceolate, and are as well as shrubby 

 stem glabrous ; calycine scales 4, broad-ovate, leafy, erect ; 

 petals toothed. ^ . G. Native of China. Flowers single or 

 double, of a rich purple crimson, inner petals spotted at the 

 base. 



Little-tree Pink. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 4 foot. 



32 D. ACIPHY'LLUS (Sieb. ex sice. D. C. prod. 1. p. 358.) 

 shrubby ; flowers panicled, few, somewhat aggregate ; bracteas 

 obovate, very blunt, somewhat obcordate, and very acutely mu- 

 cronate, one-half shorter than the calyx ; petals entire or 2- 

 lobed ; leaves rather distich, linear, pungent, not striated, nu- 

 merous, with the margins scarcely serrulated. Tj . F. Native 

 of Crete. Flowers red 1 



Pointed-leaved Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub 1 foot. 



33 D. JUNIPERI'NUS (Smith, in Lin. trans. 2. p. 303.) stem 

 shrubby ; flowers aggregate, rather corymbose ; scales of calyx 

 4, obovate, mucronate, one-half shorter than the tube ; leaves 

 awl-shaped, pungent. Tj . F. Native of Greece. Flowers red. 

 Petals deeply crenate. 



Juniper-like Pink. Fl. July. Shrub -J- foot. 



34 D. RUPI'COLA (Biv. Bern, sicul. cent. 1. p. 31.) flowers 

 aggregate in bundles, bracteate ; calycine scales imbricate, in 3 

 series, short, ciliated, outer ones bristly awl-shaped, very long ; 

 petals bearded ; leaves thickish, linear, semicylindrical, glaucous, 

 stiff, very entire, connate at the base. I/ . F. Native in the 

 fissures of rocks in Sicily and Calabria. Flowers rose-coloured, 

 fragrant. D. Bisignana, Tenor, cat. giard. S. Bisig. 1809. p. 

 18. fl. neop. t. 39. D. involucratus, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 132. 



Rock-inhabiting Pink. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 ft. 



FIG. 78. 



35 D. FRUTICOSUS (Lin. spec. 

 591.) stem shrubby ; flowers ag- 

 gregate ; claws of petals equal in 

 length with the calyx ; calycine 

 scales numerous, mucronulate,close- 

 ly imbricate, very short ; leaves 

 obovate, lanceolate, obtuse. Tj . F. 

 Native of Crete. Smith, fl. graec. 

 t. 407. Tourn. itin. 1. p. 183. t. 9. 

 Flowers dark in the middle, rose- 

 coloured in the circumference, and 

 white and pilose at the base. 



Shrubby Pink. Fl. July, Sept. 

 Clt. 1815. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



36 D. SUFFRUTICOSUS (Willd. 

 enum. 466.) stem sufFruticose ; 

 flowers somewhat aggregate ; caly- 

 cine scales ovate, awl-shaped, thrice as short as the tube ; petals 

 beardless ; leaves linear-lanceolate, and are scabrous as well as 

 the stem. Tj . F. Native? Bracteas linear-reflexed. Nerve 

 of the calycine scales protruding and reflexed. Corolla large, 

 pink. Bracteas reflexed. 



Subshrubby Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. Shrub lift. 



SECT. II. CARYOPHY'LLUM (from Kapvo<j>v\\ov, the Greek 

 name of the clove, in allusion to the flowers of D. caryophijllus 

 smelling like the clove). Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 357. 

 Flowers either panicled or solitary. 



* Stem few or many-florvered, panicled, scattered. Petals cre- 

 nale or toothed. 



37 D. CAMPE'STRIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 326.) stem branched, 

 rather hairy ; branches 1 -flowered ; calycine scales 4, ovate, 

 acute, one-half shorter than the calyx ; leaves awl-shaped, 3- 



